Taipei Development Chief Sentenced to 6½ Years, Travel Ban Extended to August

Former Taipei City Department of Urban Development Director Huang Jingmao, implicated in the Jinghua City case, was sentenced by the first‑instance court to six years and six months in prison. The case, which has drawn widespread public attention since last year, centers on allegations of improper benefit transfers and administrative abuse of power in the Jinghua City development project. Prosecutors argued that Huang, while in office, used his authority to assist developers in obtaining undue advantages and violated procedural fairness in multiple planning review processes, ultimately leading to the case being referred to the prosecutor for investigation. During the